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TO RECEIVE
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

OPEN YOUR MIND TO RECEIVE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7


How a Housewife Prospered . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
How She Made $30,000 Her First Year in Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Why a Manufacturer Failed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
How a Restaurateur Identified with Failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
How One Man Made a Comeback from Illness When He Identified with Good . . 15
How to Identify with Your Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
The First Kind of Giving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
The Second Kind of Giving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
The Third Kind of Giving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
The One Who Did Not Prepare to Receive Suffered Lack . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
The One Who Prepared to Receive Prospered . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
How Preparing for Wealth Attracted It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Prepare by Speaking the Word of Receiving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Release Is the Final Step . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
SUMMARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

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WHY SHOULD you deliberately open your mind to receive? Because


most of us have endured a pinched, narrow existence for no good reason.
We have blocked our good from getting through to us in the process.
Theres nothing divine about a pinched existence. Theres nothing divine
about a narrow, limited way of life. It proves nothing but the foolishness
and ignorance of man who actually lives in a universe of lavish abundance.
Anyone who leads a pinched, narrow existence is not expressing his or her
true nature. He is only cheating himself.

If this has happened to you, there is something you can do about it!

The word receive means to accept. Psychologists tell us that we can

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have anything we can mentally accept, but that we must mentally accept it
first. A great part of the act of receiving is to accept the good you want
mentally rather than fighting it mentally.

A well-meaning young businessman said to me at a book-autographing


party:

Are all of those success stories in your books factual? Arent some of
them fabricated?

Why do you ask? was my reply. Because they sound too good to be
true.

Just how long have you been reading about the power of prosperous
thinking? I inquired.

Oh, only about a month, he said.

That explained his disbelief. He was still so conditioned to the limited


beliefs of the world that he had not yet learned that nothing is too good to
be true.

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I explained that for every success story that gets into my books, there
are scores of others that do not. The results of prosperous thinking are so
numerous I cannot possibly relate them all. (And those reported to me are
only a fraction of the happy experiences people have had who used the
ideas suggested.)

This young man was still trying to open his mind to receive. He was
trying to mentally accept the belief that unlimited good is his heritage. To
help him do so, I suggested he speak forth this well-known statement for at
least five minutes a day:

NOTHING IS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE. NOTHING IS TOO


WONDERFUL TO HAPPEN. NOTHING IS TOO GOOD TO LAST.

HOW A HOUSEWIFE PROSPERED


A housewife said, Although I have studied the power of prosperous
thinking for years and have had great improvement in my life from that
philosophy, I recently discovered something I had been doing wrong. I had
been saying I was on a fixed income. I had been trying to bring more
financial income to me in a certain way. I had not opened my mind to the
possibility of unlimited supply coming to me in unlimited ways.

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When I realized my mistake, I spoke these words over and over aloud
for a long time: I am receiving. I am receiving now. I am receiving all the wealth that
the universe has for me now.

Within a few hours, I received a telephone call from the new cable
television company in town, inviting me to come in and discuss the
possibility of doing a number of childrens shows for them on material I
had already developed for handicapped children and for slow learners.

I went for the interview and this job is now assured. It is one that will
bring a considerable income to me. As I continued speaking the word of
receiving, my retired husbands business quickly picked up. A number of
customers appeared with furniture for him to repair. These jobs will keep
him busy and happy for some time.

This woman continued to daily speak the word that she was receiving.
Later she reported. Money seems to be coming to me from all points of the
universe. I have just sold a childrens film which will be shown in schools
as an entertainment feature for kindergarten and for underprivileged
youngsters. Also, a film on games for children which I made months ago
has now been marketed and orders are beginning to flow into the

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distributor. All this happened after I began daily to open my mind to


receive.

Many people fight their good rather than accepting it. They foolishly
think they cannot have their good nor should they be asking for it. Such
attitudes are no part of the child of a King. Do not burden yourself with
such false ideas.

Take just the opposite approach, as did this housewife, and see what
happens as you open your mind to receive.

HOW SHE MADE $30,000 HER FIRST YEAR IN BUSINESS


Most of us have heard a great deal about giving but not nearly enough
about receiving. At the Christmas Season, the emphasis is usually on
giving, giving, giving. The result is that many people have a hang-up about
receiving.

Giving is only one-half of the law of increase. Receiving is the other


half. We can give and give, but we may unbalance the law unless we also
expect to receive. Many people unbalance the law by not expecting to
receive and so they do not.

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As related earlier in Open Your Mind to Prosperity, a very beautiful and


fashionably-dressed lady once said to me, When I first took up the study
of prosperous thinking, I prospered so much so quickly that it startled me.
I had just gotten a divorce and had only a few months living expenses on
hand. I decided to take a chance and use that money to go into business on
a shoestring.

I expected to make between $4,000 and $6,000 the first year from my
new business. Instead I made between $4,000 and $6,000 during the first
few months. I made $30,000 that first year in business, and I will probably
make at least $50,000 this year.

My reason for repeating this ladys story here is because of her last
statement. She said, My greatest problem has been in trying not to feel
guilty about receiving so much.

It is your Fathers good pleasure to give you the kingdom, and it should
be your good pleasure to receive it.

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WHY A MANUFACTURER FAILED


A recent newspaper story reported on a manufacturer of T-shirts who
had gone bankrupt. The new story showed why: Thinking it a joke, he had
placed this slogan on the back of each T-shirt: Money isnt everything.

This man could not mentally accept the idea of prosperity in the form of
money. He had not opened his mind to receive, so of course he did not.
Conversely, perhaps youve heard the other quip, Money isnt everything.
There is also hunger, misery and poverty.

You must be careful what you notice, talk about, or give your attention
to, because that is what you are identifying with, and that is what you will
bring into your life.

Whatever you notice, you are inviting into your life. Whatever you talk
about, you are inviting into your life.

Whatever you identify with in your thoughts, words and actions, you
are inviting into your life.

If you notice, talk about and identify with war, crime, disease, financial

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problems, in-harmony, this is what you a inviting into your own life.
Through the law of mind action it will come.

HOW A RESTAURATEUR IDENTIFIED WITH FAILURE


There once was a man who thought he was about to go broke in the
restaurant business. He invited me to eat in his restaurant. When walked
in, I could see one obvious reason why business was not good. His
restaurant had such a dismal, uninviting atmosphere. I suggested he
brighten it up if he wanted people to come there to relax and to eat.

On my way out, I discovered another reason why business was not


good. Near the cash register was a Joke sign which read, This is a non-
profit business. We didnt plan for it to be. It just worked out that way.

The joke was on that man. He had mentally identified with non-
profit and that was what he had attracted. I suggested he throw away
that sign and stop talking about lack if he wanted to prosper.

Identification with a certain state of mind will bring that state of mind
and affairs to you, so be careful. What you notice, give your attention to,
talk about, and get all worked up over emotionally is what you are inviting

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into your life whether you mean to or not.

Open your mind to receive by noticing, giving attention to, and talking
about what you want to bring into your life nothing else.

HOW ONE MAN MADE A COMEBACK FROM ILLNESS


WHEN HE IDENTIFIED WITH GOOD
I once dined with a famous metaphysician at his hill house
overlooking Los Angeles. While on a lecture trip in that area, I was
surprised to receive his invitation to dinner because I knew that he had
undergone serious surgery just a few weeks previously. Many who knew
him were predicting that he was through and that he would be forced to
retire because of his health.

Nevertheless, when I arrived at his beautiful home for dinner, he


greeted me pleasantly. Other friends soon joined us and we had a happy
evening together, as we chatted and reminisced about many things. His
recent surgery was never mentioned. The state of his health was not
discussed.

In spite of all the dire predictions, this man made a tremendous come-

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back in his health and in his career. He was soon accepted by an even more
prestigious church than he then served. Next, he wrote several books on
which he lectured on a round-the-world trip. I had the pleasure serving as
one of the guest ministers in his thriving church while he was away.

For a number of years thereafter he continued going strong. He spoke


several times a week in his own church and elsewhere. He had a daily radio
program, a dial-a-prayer ministry, and, on occasion, a television show. He
still wrote a book a year. Only fifteen years later, did he finally retire.
When he passed on at the age of eighty-six, he had outlived most of his
relatives, friends and co-workers of long standing.

More than two decades ago, when everyone said he was through, this
man deliberately opened his mind to receive an inflow of health by
identifying with the good. He made a comeback (when they said it
couldnt be done) by concentrating on happy, pleasant things rather than
by dwelling on the dreary operations he had just experienced.

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HOW TO IDENTIFY WITH YOUR SOURCE


Open your mind to receive by telling God what you want instead of
constantly telling people.

Telling people what you want can dissipate your good because God is
the source of your supply not people. Although people, ideas, and
opportunities are all channels of your supply, God is the source because He
creates those ideas and opportunities. Through the law of mind action, He
helps attract the appropriate people and circumstances to you to expedite
those ideas and opportunities through which your good can come to pass.

A statement you will want to use often to help you identify with the
source of your good is this:

I DO NOT DEPEND ON PERSONS OR CONDITIONS FOR MY


GOOD. GOD IS THE SOURCE OF MY SUPPLY AND GOD PROVIDES
HIS OWN AMAZING CHANNELS OF GOOD TO ME NOW.

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THE FIRST KIND OF GIVING


Giving is the first step in receiving. When you want to receive, give!
However, there are three kinds of giving. All three are equally necessary to
your long term growth and success.

First. Give to God; Put Him first financially. Why? As explained in


Buddhism and elsewhere, this is the first quality to be developed in your
character on the road to Enlightenment. Many conscientious people study
self-help methods galore, yet do not receive the benefits from them that
they should because they ignore this first step.

Various schemes have been suggested for getting rich quick. Most of
them fail because they are based on getting not giving. They have no
spiritual basis. The reason many people fail to receive their good in life is
because they do not practice giving or returning impersonally to the
universe on a systematic basis a portion of all that the universe shares with
them.

Two businessmen in Chicago once told me they had held the local
franchise on one of the most famous success courses in America, one that

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cost thousands of dollars to take. Though they prospered for a time, they
eventually went broke. They finally realized why: Their course had only
emphasized getting not giving. Their course had not taught the
spiritual side of prosperity. It had not taught its students to tithe their
way to prosperity by returning to the universe a tenth of all they received.
It was only after these two businessmen found their way into one of the
local New Thought churches and began to put God first financially, that
their financial affairs stabilized and they began permanently prosper.

When any person withholds that which belongs to the universe, his life
is thrown out of balance, and he experiences lack in some form. It may be
lack of supply, lack of health, lack of love, lack of spiritual understanding,
or lack of direction in his life. It is only as we let go of our littleness that
we can expand into the larger life.

So it is not enough to say that you believe God is the Source of your
supply (as previously suggested). You must prove that you believe God is
the Source of your supply by first sharing with Him. This keeps you in
touch with a universal source of abundance.

The billionaire Solomon pointed out what the wise use this ancient

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success method could mean to you when he advised: Honor the Lord with
thy substance, and with the first fruits of all thine increase. So shall thy barns
be filled with plenty, and thy vats shall overflow with new wine.
(Proverbs 3:9, 10).

THE SECOND KIND OF GIVING


Second. Give to yourself. Yes, open your mind to receive by giving to
yourself, because all progress begins with self-improvement. It is just as possible
to over-give to others as it is to under-give to yourself. Over-giving to
others and under-giving to yourself unbalances the law and keeps your
good from coming through. You must first give your attention to the
improvement and development of yourself before you can possibly help
others.

You cannot possibly give to others unless you first have something to
give. You must first have strength, wisdom, and substance before you can
share these qualities with others. There are those misguided people who
think it is selfish to emphasize self-improvement first. But it is only after
self-improvement that you are capable of helping others.

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When you do just the opposite, when you over-give to others and
under-give to yourself, you feel depleted and you are. This causes within
you a sense of lack which is degrading and limiting. Because of this, over-
giving to others is self-defeating. It accomplishes nothing constructive.

Psychologists talk about the sin of parents who over-give to their


children. This suppresses their childrens talents and it overworks the
parents. Such over-giving harms everyone concerned. In the recent age of
permissiveness, we have witnessed the damaging results of over-giving
parents in their confused, bewildered children.

Conversely my own father reluctantly gave as little as possible to his


children. The philosophy of under-giving had been a part of his
upbringing. It caused us many hardships, and it took me years to overcome
the poverty-consciousness that resulted. So let us seek to strike a happy
balance.

The philosophers of old advised, To thine own self be true. Give


something to yourself right away. It might be a new book you wish to read,
an item of clothing or jewelry, or something for your home or office. It
might be the treat of going out to dinner, to the theater, to a party, or

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taking a vacation. It might be the deliberate setting aside of some daily


time for prayer, meditation and inspirational study. It might be something;
big or small, tangible or intangible.

THE THIRD KIND OF GIVING

Third. After giving to God and to yourself, then give something to


someone else. After you give something to someone else, bless whatever it
is that you give. Bless the person or persons to whom you gave it. Then
release both the gift and the recipient. Any man, woman, or child can
transform his life by transforming what he gives out what he gives to
God, what he gives to himself, and what he gives out to others.

When you arent sure what to give to others, that is the time to declare,
I GIVE UNDER DIVINE DIRECTION. Then watch the hunches and
ideas that come. Youll be shown what to give, where, and to whom.

Many of the blessings you want most are within your reach! By your
acts of giving, you open the way to attract the blessings you desire. These
blessings have probably been waiting to reach you, but they were blocked
by your own lack of giving. There was no free channel through which they

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could pass.

By giving under divine direction, you open a channel through which


these blessings are freed to arrive. An early prosperity teacher of mine
often said, First give to God. Then give to mankind as God directs.

THE ONE WHO DID NOT PREPARE TO RECEIVE


SUFFERED LACK
After you give to God, yourself and others, then get ready to receive!
You can get ready to receive by preparing to receive.

There are those who say, I give, but I do not expect to receive. And
they do not.

An unhappy lady explained, I teach a private prosperity class in my


home, but I do not take an offering. I give, but I do not believe I should
expect to receive. And she didnt, but she resented not receiving.

She should have resented not receiving, because she was unbalancing the
law of increase by giving, giving, giving, and by not opening the way to
receive.

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It was pointed out to this lady that it was fine to teach such a class, but
that she was not only shortchanging herself, she was also shortchanging
her students by giving them the impression they could get something for
nothing.

She should either have charged handsomely for her course, or opened
the way right there in class for her students to prove the law of increase by
extending an invitation to them to give generous tithes and offerings in
appreciation for the priceless instruction they were receiving. She was
cheating herself and she was cheating them by her fearful attitude.

THE ONE WHO PREPARED TO RECEIVE PROSPERED


It is reported that in the early days of the Unity movement, a visiting
metaphysician spoke to the workers employed by the Unity School of
Christianity at their headquarters then located in Kansas City, Missouri.
The guest speaker was introduced by Unitys co-founder, Charles Fillmore.
Early in his talk, this well-meaning but somewhat self-righteous speaker
said, In my ministry, we do not past the offering plate. We leave one at
the back of the room and if anyone wishes to give something, the plate is
available. But I do not stress giving.

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According to the oft-repeated report, thats as far as he got! Charles


Fillmore walked up to the lecturer and said You may think and teach what
you wish in your organization, but in this one, we believe in passing the
plate because we know the law of giving and receiving. Not only do we
pass the plate in our meetings, but each plate is always filled to
overflowing. Students of Practical Christianity want to give so they can
prosper, and so they can help this movement to prosper.

It is little wonder that Mr. Fillmore later became known as one of the
pioneers of positive thinking or that the Unity movement, which he co-
founded, became a successful organization which has inspired millions
over the years.

You can see how a contrast in attitudes brought a contrast in results.


One teacher did not believe in teaching the universal law of giving and
receiving and did not. Her students were few. The other teacher did
believe in teaching the universal law of giving and receiving, and he became
head of a prosperous organization that has helped countless people around
the world.

You can give up any false ideas you may have had about receiving. Your

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receiving doesnt stop anyone elses receiving. We live in a lavish universe,


and theres plenty for all.

HOW PREPARING FOR WEALTH ATTRACTED IT


The owner of a charm school was widowed with small children to
support. People kept saying, She is a lovely girl, but nobody wants to
marry someone with all those children. Thats too much financial
responsibility to assume.

This attractive widow paid no attention to that kind of talk. She taught
prosperity principles in her charm course. She told her students they must
develop a prosperous consciousness in order to be charming and successful
in every phase of their lives.

She did everything that occurred to her personally to prepare to receive


a better way of life. She bought a striking gold designers suit which she
constantly wore. It cost $200, which was a huge sum for such an item 23
years ago. Once a week she invited me to dine with her, always in the best
restaurants, though sometimes she barely had the price of our lunch.

Did the act of preparing for greater good attract it to her? She married a

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widower of third-generation wealth. He had four children, he helped raise


her three, and later they had one of their own: a total of eight children.

While everyone around her was talking lack and limitation, she was
quietly preparing for just the opposite, and what she prepared for she got! I
find it interesting that none of the people who tried to mentally limit her
future ever attracted wealth to themselves not through hard work,
marriage, or a windfall. The limited thoughts they meant for her they
unwittingly attached to themselves.

PREPARE BY SPEAKING THE WORD OF RECEIVING


Many peoples prayers are not answered because they keep asking in
prayer, but they do not follow through by getting ready to receive.

After you prepare to receive, you are then ready for the next step: Speak
the word of receiving (as did the housewife early in this chapter).

When you daily declare that you are receiving, your words make a believer out of
your subconscious mind which then starts working with you to help make it so.

The way to avoid a pinched, narrow way of life is to deliberately speak

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the word of receiving. Declare daily:

I AM RECEIVING. I AM RECEIVING NOW. I AM RECEIVING


ALL THE WEALTH THAT THE UNIVERSE HAS FOR ME NOW.

A businessman started doing this, and within one year his income
became eight times what it had been.

Another businessman says he has received unexpected checks of $1,000


or more every time he has consistently declared:

ALL THAT IS MINE BY DIVINE RIGHT NOW COMES TO ME


SPEEDILY, RICHLY, FREELY. I AM RECEIVING NOW.

RELEASE IS THE FINAL STEP


As a teacher of practical mysticism recently said, Students of
prosperity need to know when to release the inner work they have done,
then relax, so that outer results can come. There are resting places in
mental action. There is a time to fish and a time to dry your nets.

On various occasions in my life, greater good has come to me after


long periods of inner work when I felt guided to release it all to its perfect

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results. Several books have gotten finished after I did this. Happy changes
in location and work, a better income, larger homes, have all appeared after
I worked inwardly, then turned loose, relaxed and let go.

So after speaking the word of receiving for a period, then declare that
you have received, and release it. Assume that greater good is already yours,
since you have claimed it on the inner plane. This helps that good to
appear on the outer plane as visible results in rich appropriate form under
divine timing.

When you have reached this point of release, declare: IT IS FINISHED.


IT IS DONE. I GIVE THANKS THAT I HAVE RECEIVED, AND THAT
MY GOOD APPEARS IN RICH APPROPRIATE FORM UNDER DIVINE
TIMING.

As you then relax and let go, this process can open the way for
unlimited results.

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SUMMARY
1. The word receive means to accept. Psychologists tell us we can
have anything we can mentally accept, but we must be able to mentally
accept it first.

2. Most of us have heard a lot about giving but not enough about
receiving. Many people have a hang-up about receiving.

3. Giving is only one-half of the law. Receiving is the other half.


Many people unbalance the law by over-giving. Many people unbalance
the law by not expecting to receive.

4. It is your Fathers good pleasure to give you the kingdom and it


should be your good pleasure to receive it.

5. What you notice and talk about, you are inviting into your life.
What you identify with in your thoughts, words, and actions, you are
inviting into your life.

6. Open your mind to receive by identifying with the good.

7. Open your mind to receive by telling God what you want,


instead of telling people. Telling people what you want can dissipate your

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good. People are channels, but God is the source.

8. When you want to receive, give. There are three kinds of giving.
All are necessary:

a) Give to God. Put Him first financially. This is the first


quality to be developed on the road to Enlightenment.

b) Give to yourself. Self-improvement is necessary before you


can help others improve.

c) Give something to someone else.

9. Get ready to receive. Prepare to receive.

10. Next, daily speak the word of receiving. This gains the
cooperation of your thought and feeling nature which then begins to work
for you.

Finally, declare that you have received, and then release it. This causes
your accumulated good to move from the invisible plane and to become
visible results.

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